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L. SANDERS.

FASTENING FOR HAND BAGS AND OTHER ARTICLES. No. 335,311. Patented Feb/Z, 1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS SANDERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ELIZA SANDERS, OF SAME PLACE.

FASTENING FOR HAND-BAGS AND OTHER ARTICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,311, dated February 2, 1886.

Application filed December 8, 1885. Serial No. 185,054. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LoUIs SANDERS, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fastenings for the Frames of Hand-Bags and other articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying [O drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a handbag frame to which my improvement has been ap- 1 plied, (shown closed,) Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation of the same, taken through the line a: m, Fig. 1, but shown open.

The object of this invention is to provide fastenings for the frames of hand-bags and other articles, constructed in such a manner as to be strong and reliable in use and neat in appearance.

The invention consists in the combination, with the slotted eye-platc attached to one part of the frame, of the stem having a flaring notch in its top and attached to the other part of the said frame, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A B represent the parts of the frame of a handbag, purse, or other article, which are hinged to each other at their ends in the ordinary manner. To one of the parts, as A, is soldered or otherwise secured a plate, 0, having a slot formed in it to receive the stem D,

3 5 soldered or otherwise secured to the other part, B, of the frame. The stem D may be made with an enlarged or ball'shaped upper end, and the slot in the plate 0 must be made of corresponding shape, so that the parts of the 40 frame will be held from longitudinal movement upon each other.

The stem D is made a little longer than the slot in the plate 0, has a slightly flaring or V- shaped notch formed in its top, as shown in 5 Fig. 2, and has the sides of its upper end rounded or inclined.

WVith this construction, as the parts of the frame are closed, the pressure of the top of the stem D against the eye-plate O at the outer end of its slot will press one part of the frame 0 outward and the other inward, so that the said eye-plate will pass over the side part of the top of the stem D and enter the notch of the said stem, and the frame will be fastened shut.

The frame is unt'astened by pressing the up- 5 5 per end of the eye-plate G and the stem D in the directions in which they move when the parts of the frame separate, when the inclination of the side of the notch in the stem will cause the said stem to pass out of the slot in the said plate, and the frame will be unfastened, the elasticity of the parts A B of the frame allowing the part A, that carries the eye-plate O, to spring outward, and the part B, that carries the stem 1), to spring inward under the pressure applied to the said eye-plate and stem. By this construction, when the frame is fastened, the eye-plate C will be in the plane ofthe central line of the stem D, so that the appearance of both sides of the fast ening will be the same, and will be neater than when the stem has to pass more than halfway through the eye-plate to fasten the frame. This latter construction I do not claim, as I am aware that such a fastening has been made; but,

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the slotted eye-plate 0, attached to one part of the frame of the stem D, having a flaring notch in its top, and attached to the other part of the frame, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said eye-plate and stem will be held securely in place upon each other with the eye-plate in the plane of the central line of the stem, as set forth.

LOUIS SANDERS.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, C. SEDGWIcK. 

